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Colin Wark
Colin Wark (1896 – 1939) was a British composer of film scores, theatre music and light music. Many of the films he scored were "quota quickies", mostly low-cost, low-quality, quickly-accomplished films commissioned by American distributors active in the UK or by British cinema owners purely to satisfy the quota requirements. Wark was also the composer of the score for ''Tulip Time'', a comedy with music based on the play ''The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown'' by Robert Buchanan (1841-1901) and Charles Marlowe. ''Tulip Time'' opened at the Alhambra Theatre The Alhambra was a popular theatre and music hall located on the east side of Leicester Square, in the West End of London. It was built originally as the Royal Panopticon of Science and Arts opening on 18 March 1854. It was closed after two yea ... in London on August 14, 1935 and ran for 425 performances. In 1932 he was responsible for launching and managing ''Pasquale Troise and his Mandoliers'', an orchestra of abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Ensign (film)
The White Ensign, at one time called the St George's Ensign because of the simultaneous existence of a crossless version of the flag, is an ensign worn on British Royal Navy ships and shore establishments. It consists of a red St George's Cross on a white field, identical to the flag of England except with the Union Flag in the upper canton. The White Ensign is also worn by yachts of members of the Royal Yacht Squadron and by ships of Trinity House escorting the reigning monarch. In addition to the United Kingdom, several other nations have variants of the White Ensign with their own national flags in the canton, with the St George's Cross sometimes being replaced by a naval badge omitting the cross altogether. Yachts of the Royal Irish Yacht Club wear a white ensign with an Irish tricolour in the first quadrant and defaced by the crowned harp from the Heraldic Badge of Ireland. The Flag of the British Antarctic Territory and the Commissioners' flag of the Northern Lighthous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Tulip (1937 Film)
''The Black Tulip'' is a 1937 British, black-and-white historical drama film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Patrick Waddington, Ann Soreen, Campbell Gullan and Bernard Lee. The film is based on the novel ''The Black Tulip'' by Alexandre Dumas. It was produced by Fox-British Pictures at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie. Premise In the Dutch Republic in 1672, a wealthy man Cornelius Van Baerle devotes his life to growing tulips unaware of his family's close involvement with political intrigue. Cast * Patrick Waddington – Cornelus Van Baerle * Ann Soreen – Rosa * Campbell Gullan – Isaac Boxtel * Jay Laurier – Gryphus * Wilson Coleman – Cornelius de Witt * Bernard Lee – William III of Orange * Florence Hunt – Julia Boxtel * Ronald Shiner – Hendrik * Aubrey Mallalieu Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mill On The Floss (film)
''The Mill on the Floss'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Lawton, Victoria Hopper, Geraldine Fitzgerald and James Mason. It was based on the 1860 novel ''The Mill on the Floss'' by George Eliot. The film was made at Shepperton Studios. Although he is not credited in the film, Basil Dean, who was married to the leading lady Victoria Hopper, was heavily involved in the planning and the production of the film. Cast * Frank Lawton as Philip Wakem * Victoria Hopper as Lucy Deane * Fay Compton as Mrs Tulliver * Geraldine Fitzgerald as Maggie * Griffith Jones as Stephen Guest * Mary Clare as Mrs Moss * James Mason as Tom Tulliver * Athene Seyler as Mrs Pullet * Sam Livesey as Mr Tulliver * Amy Veness as Mrs Deane * Felix Aylmer as Mr Wakem * Eliot Makeham as Mr Pullet * William Devlin as Bob Jakin * Ivor Barnard as Mr Moss * David Horne as Mr Deane * O. B. Clarence as Mr. Gore * W.E. Holloway as D. Stelling * Arthur West Payne as Young Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catch As Catch Can (1937 Film)
''Catch as Catch Can'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Roy Kellino and starring James Mason, Viki Dobson, Eddie Pola and Margaret Rutherford. On board a luxury liner, young Barbara Standish attempts to smuggle stolen jewels from France to America. Cast *Robert Leyland - James Mason *Barbara Standish - Vicky Dobson *Tony Canzari - Eddie Pola *Al Parsons - Finlay Currie *Eddie Fallon - John Warwick *Maggie Carberry - Margaret Rutherford *Cornwallis - Paul Blake *Ben - Jimmy Mageean *Fournival - Paul Sheridan *Mrs Kendall - Zoe Wynn References External links''Catch as Catch Can''at Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... 1937 films 1937 crime films British crime films British black-and-white films Films directed by Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Group
* ''Wedding Group'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Alex Bryce and Campbell Gullan and starring Fay Compton, Patric Knowles and Barbara Greene. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie. The film was released in the US under the title ''Wrath of Jealousy''. Cast * Fay Compton as Florence Nightingale * Patric Knowles as Robert Smith * Barbara Greene as Janet Graham * Alastair Sim as Angus Graham * Bruce Seton as Dr. Jock Carnegie * Ethel Glendinning as Margaret Graham * Arthur Young as Dr. Granger * Naomi Plaskitt as Jessie, the Maid * David Hutcheson as George Harkness * Michael Wilding as Dr. Hutherford * Derek Blomfield * Polly Emery Polly Emery (10 May 1875 – 31 October 1958) was an English actress of both silent and talking pictures. , ftvd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm In The Air
''Rhythm in the Air'' is a 1936 British comedy dance film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring husband and wife dance partnership American Jack Donohue and Norwegian Tutta Rolf. The film was a quota quickie production, written by Donohue in collaboration with Vina de Vesci, and was reportedly largely autobiographical, as the events in the film closely mirrored Donohue own experience of coming to be a dancer. Plot Jack Donovan (Donohue), a riveter working on the construction of a high-rise building, is distracted from his work by spying through a nearby window on a lissom young woman Mary (Rolf) as she rehearses her tap-dancing routines. When she finishes, he pauses to give the unsuspecting Mary an ovation of cheers and wolf-whistles, but in the process loses his balance and falls to the ground, breaking both ankles. The sympathetic Mary, who witnessed his fall, later visits him in hospital. Finding him very attractive, she claims that as his bones start to mend, tap-dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Noise (1936 British Film)
''The Big Noise'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Alastair Sim, Norah Howard and Fred Duprez. The film was a quota quickie made at Wembley Studios by the Hollywood studio Fox's British subsidiary.Wood p.89 Synopsis A clerk in an oil company is promoted in order to make him the fall guy for a series of illegal transactions that have brought it to the brink of ruin, but instead manages to turn the business around Cast * Alastair Sim as Finny * Norah Howard as Mary Miller * Fred Duprez as Henry Hadley * Grizelda Harvey as Consuelo * C. Denier Warren as E. Pinkerton Gale * Viola Compton as Mrs. Dayton * Peter Popp as Jenkins * Howard Douglas as Gluckstein * Reginald Forsyth as Orchestra Leader * Edie Martin Edie Martin (1 January 1880 – 22 February 1964) was a British actress. She was a ubiquitous performer, on stage from 1886, playing generally small parts but in high demand, appearing in scores of British films (although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams Come True (1936 Film)
''Dreams Come True'' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Frances Day, Nelson Keys and Hugh Wakefield. The film is based on the 1924 operetta ''Clo-Clo'' by Franz Lehár and Bela Jenbach in an English adaptation by Bruce Sievier. It was made at Ealing Studios.Wood p.89 It was one of many operetta films made during the decade. Cast * Frances Day as Ilona Ratkay * Nelson Keys as Anton * Hugh Wakefield as Albert von Waldenau * Marie Lohr as Helen von Waldenau * Frederick Bradshaw as Peter * Morris Harvey as Waldemar * Arthur Finn as Manager * Minnie Rayner as Dresser See also * ''The World's in Love ''The World's in Love'' (German: ''Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe'') is a 1935 Austrian comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Mártha Eggerth, Leo Slezak and Ida Wüst. It is based on the operetta '' Clo-Clo''. The film's set ...'' (1935) References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crimes Of Stephen Hawke
''The Crimes of Stephen Hawke'' is a 1936 British historical melodrama film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter as the nefarious Stephen Hawke - who masquerades as the 'Spine-Breaker'. It also features Marjorie Taylor, D. J. Williams and Eric Portman. It was made at Shepperton Studios, with sets designed by Philip Bawcombe. This is the third of Tod Slaughter's film outings, billed as a 'new-old melodrama'. In the introduction Slaughter appears in person, in a BBC studio, where he describes with relish his murderous activities in his two previous films: ''Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn'' (1935) and '' ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'''' (1936). In the film Slaughter plays a seemingly kindly money-lender who dotes on his daughter Julia. He has however a double life as the notorious 'Spine-Breaker', Victorian England's most maniacal serial killer. His nefarious activities are eventually detected by his daughter's suitor Matthew Trimble, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish And Proud Of It (film)
''Irish and Proud of It'' is a 1936 British-Irish comedy film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Richard Hayward, Dinah Sheridan and Liam Gaffney. In the film, a popular London-based Irish singer announces one evening how much he would love to go home to his home village in rural Ireland. For a prank, some of his friends take him up on this offer. He is kidnapped and deposited on a wild moor. He returns to the village of his youth, slightly disorientated, and battles an American gangster who has taken control of the settlement. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.Chibnall p.289 Cast * Richard Hayward as Donogh O'Connor * Dinah Sheridan as Moira Flaherty * Gwenllian Gill as Mary Johnson * George Pembroke as Mike Finnegan * Liam Gaffney Liam Gaffney (22 June 1911 – July 1994) was an Ireland, Irish stage, film actor, film and television actor. His stage work included appearances with Dublin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
